Folding davenport bed



1932- D. H. CALDEMEYER 1,886,031

FOLDING DAVENPORT BED Filed Dec. 51, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet l Nov, 1, 1932; D. H. CALDEMEYER 1,386,031

FOLDING DAVENPORT BED Filed Dec. 31. 192 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 iiiiuimmld Mummm 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet I5 Nov. 1, 1932. D. H. CALDEMEYER FOLDING DAVENPORT BED Filed Dec. 31.

Nov. 1, 1932. D. H. CALDEMEYER FOLDING DAVENPORT BED Filed Dec-51. 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 I l L ll nl/ Patented Nov. 1, 1932 I DANIEL I-I. CALDEMEYER, OF EVANSV ILLE, INDIANA FOLDING DAVENPORT BED Application filed December 31, 1927. Serial No. 243,911.

' bottom section are, however, operatively connectedto the extended ends of a pair of the links or levers by connected bars and are thereby automatically opened out or lowered 'from their folded position when the swing-- over bed bottom section is opened up or er- .tended and are braced by said connecting bars when said section is fully extended, thereby overcoming a defect in respect to the legs of my patented construction. When the swing-over bed bottom section is closed the connecting bars are operated by the links or levers to automatically fold the legs.

Another, and the principal, improvement over the construction of Patent No. 1,591,608 comprises a main bed bottom section which is mounted for automatic bodily elevation from its normal position, thereby enabling it and the swing-over bed bottom section normally to assume a relatively low position when the piece of furniture is arranged with the bed bottom sections stacked on top of each other for use as a davenport.

I As hereinafter described, the construction involved in this part of the invention embraces a bail whose cranks or arms are connected to the .pair of spring-actuated links or levers and which mounts the main bed bottom section.

'lVhen the swing-over, bed bottom section is stacked on the main bed bottom section the main bed bottom section is in lowered position, the bail then being turned downward, but when the swing-over section is opened out to transform the davenport into a bed,

the main bed bottom section is bodily ele- .vated by a swinging movement so that it will be at a suitable height from the floor and also ,on substantially the same level .as the swing-over section when the latter is supported by the floor. When thus bottom section has stops which then engage the name of the piece of furniture, said section is firmly held, is level, and is substantially alined with the swing-over bed bottom section, thus affording a comfortable bed.

Another advantage residing in the improved mounting for the main bed bottom section is that when in normal position, as when the piece of furniture is arranged as a couch or davenport, the two sections are located at relatively low height as compared with the sections of davenport beds of which I have knowledge so that the upholstered front which is carried by the swing-over section does not possess the very considerable height so noticeable in davenport beds and which reveals them to be a davenport bed instead of a regular davenport; consequently, in my piece of furniture there is little to suggest that it is a davenport bed and this renders it more desirable, particularly where the user has to have the piece of furniture in a living room or parlor.

A practical embodiment of the invention is hereinafter described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

couch;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the piece of furniture arranged as a bed;

Fig. 3 1s a similar View showing the davenport bed in partly opened condition to illustrate the manner in which the main bed bottom tilts during its bodily shifting movement to elevated position;

Fig. l is a plan View, broken away, showing the clavenport fully opened out for use as a bed;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the davenport bed when closed, illustrating its relatively low height at the front;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view, parts being broken away, showing the main bed bottom section in fully elevated position;

and

Fig. 7

is a detail perspective of the bail.

U ment from a relatively low normal position to an elevated position when the davenport is opened out for use as a bed, thus obtaining those advantages over my patented construction which have been heretofore set forth.

.The bed bottom section 4 is carried by the 'ofl'set art of a bail 6 which appears in de- "tail in ig. 7. For that purpose, the bottom 4'has depending plates 7 provided with open- 'i 18 servin as bearings for the bail.

Bridging the rame pieces 2 are angle iron bars 9' at the opposite ends of the couch, said bars being secured to the frame 2 at 10. These bars 9 are provided with depending plates or 1e s 11 in which the crank ends 12 F 6 are ournalled or rockably mounted. I

The bottom 4 is provided with depending L-s haped stops 13 whose horizontal parts are adapted to engage the undersides of the horizontal webs of the bars 9 when the davenport is opened out to serve as a bed, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby rendering the bottom 4 rigid-when used as a bed section.

Furthermore, when the bottom 4 is thus di posed, the crank arms 12 are arranged in substantially vertical position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 so that the Wei ht on the section 4 is sustained when the ail 6 'ison dead center, so to speak, thus prevent- 'ing the weight on the bottom 4 from causing it to descend or to elevate the bottom of section 5.

By mounting the bottom 4 in the manner previously described, it is permitted nornially to assume the relatively low position shown in Fig. 1 when the davenport is used ,as such. This has the decided advantage of enabling the bottom 5 to assume a much lower-position when arranged as in Fig. 1 so that the upholstered or finished front bar ,14 may be arranged in relatively low position and require only relatively slight depth from its upper to its lower edges. Consequently, when the davenport is in its normal, closed, condition as shown in Fi s. 1 and 5, there is not that vertical depth the finishing bar or front of the davenport presented to the eye of the observer which so commonly exists in folding davenport beds and which discloses the fact that the article of furniture is a convertable bed.

A On the other hand, the appearance of m d'avenport is such that it does not hint that it is, in fact, a couch or davenport but gives the impression that it is a regular davenport.

The swing-over system of links or levers for the bed bottom section is substantially the same as those appearing in my Patent No. 1,591,608 and acts in substantially the same manner in respect to said section 5.

The relationship of these links or levers to the bed bottom section 4 is, however, diflerent from the disclosures of my aforesaid patent and, in addition, one of the pairs of links or levers is utilized to automatically raise or lower the supporting legs for the section 5, new combinations being involved in these improvements.

The links or levers appear at 15 and 16, the former being secured to the cranks 12 of bail 6 at 17 and to the bed bottom section 5 at 18. The links or levers 16 are pivoted to the bars 9 at 19 and to the section 5 at 20.

Springs 21 which are connected at 22 to the links or levers 15 and to the bars 9 at 23, act in the general manner described in my patent, in respect to the parts. These springs come into play and relieve the operator of a greater part of the work of raising the section 5 from the closed position shown in Fig. 1. When the parts assume the position about as shown in Fig. 3, the springs are substantially out of tension as they have then contracted due to the different positions of the parts. As the section 5 is pulled downwardly by the operator to bring it into the position shown in Fig. 2, the springs are extended and when the bed is fully opened they are under tension but are not sufficiently tensioned to overcome the weight of the section 5 and parts carried thereby.

When the operator begins to lift the outer part of the section 5 as the first step toward closing the bed, the springs 21 exert a lifting action to relieve the operator of the work of raising the section 5 until the parts are in about the position shown in Fig. 3. Then, by pushing on the section 5, it is swung back and easily closed.

The links or levers 15, being secured to the cranks 12 of the bail 6, when the section 5 is opened out, the section 4 is bodily shifted from the horizontal, lowered, position shown in Fig. 1, first to the tilted position shown in Fig. 3, due to the mounting of the section 4 on bail 6, and finally is completely raised to the position appearing in Fig. 2 when the section 5 is fully extended. The section 4 is then horizontally arranged in substantial alinement with the section 5, the cranks 12 are in dead center position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the stops 13 have their horizontal parts in engagement with the undersides of the horizontal webs of the bars 9. This insures that the section 4 be retained in rigid and non-tiltable position while the bed is extended.

When the section 5 is raised, as before described, a reversal of the movement of the section 4 occurs, such section being tilted as it is bodily lowered and, finally, being brought to the lowered horizon-tal position shown in Fig. 1.

The legs 24: are pivoted at 25 to the section 5 and are connected by connecting bars 26 to the extended ends 2'? of the levers 16 by pivots 28. These sections bring about the automatic lowering of the legs for the purpose of supporting the section 5 when it is extended, as shown in Fig. 2, and the folding of the legs when the section 5 is swung over as shown in Fig. 1.

What I claim is:

1. In a folding davenport bed, the combi- V nation with a bed frame, and a main bed bottom section, of means mounting said main section on said bed frame for bodily raising and lowering and tilting, a supplemental swing-over bed bottom section, means mounting said supplemental swing-over section on said bed frame so that said swing-over section is adapted to be superposed on said main section when the latter is in lowered position, or, tobe extended horizontally in relation to said main section when the latter is in raised position, means operated by the supplemental swing-over bed bottom section whereby the main bed bottom section is bodily raised or lowered and tilted, and means on the bed frame and main bottom section, respectively, adapted to automatically adjust and retain the main section in horizontal position when it is raised and tilted, on the extension of the swing-over section to horizontal position.

2. In a folding davenport bed, the combination with a bed frame, a main bed bottom section, and cranks stationarily mounted on said bed frame and connected to said main section which mount said main section so that it may be bodily tilted and raised or lowered, of a supplemental swing-over bed bottom section movably mounted in relation to the main section and adapted to be superposed on said main section when the latter is in lowered position, or, to be extended horizontally in relation to said main section when the latter is in raised position, links connecting the swing-over section and the main section which bring the cranks to dead center relationship to the main section when the latter is raised, thereby supporting said main section, and means additional to the cranks and links adapted to automatically adjust and lock the supplemental swingover section in horizontal position after it has been raised and tilted.

3. In a folding davenport bed, the combination with a bed frame, a main bed bottom section, and cranks connected to said main section which mounts said section so that it may be bodily tilted and raised or lower-ed, of a supplemental swing-over bed bottom section movably mounted in relation to the main section and adapted to be superposed zontal position when the cranks are on dead center. i a

4. In a folding davenport bed, the combination with a main bed bottom section, and

cranks connected to said main section which mount said section so that it may be bodily tilted and raised or lowered, of a supplemental swing-over bed'bottom section movably mounted in relation to the main section and adapted to be superposed on said main section when the latter is in lowered position, or, to be extended horizontally in relation to said main section when the latter is in raised position, links connecting the supplemental swing over section and the main section which bring the cranks to dead center relationship to the main section when the latter is raised, thereby supporting said main section, horizontal angle bars carried by the bed, and stops carried by the main section, said stops being adapted to engage the under sides of the angle bars and to automatically adjust the main section in horizontal position and hold it against tilting when the cranks areon dead center.

5. In a folding davenport bed, the combination with a main bed bottom section, of

cranks directly connected to a fixed point on said section in the general central region thereof, whereby the main section may be bodily raised and lowered and tilted, a supplemental bed bottom section movably mounted in relation to the main section and adapt-ix ed to be superposed on said main section when the latter is in lowered position, or, to be extended horizontally in relation to said main section when the latter is in raised position, means connecting the supplemental sections to the cranks whereby said cranks are operated by the movements of the supplemental section, and co-operating means additional to the cranks and to the mounting means for the supplemental section, and carried by the respective sections, for automatically adjusting the main section into general horizontal position from its tilted position when the supplemental section is in extended position.

6. In a folding davenport bed, the combi* nation with amain bed bottom section, of a supplemental walk-over bed bottom section, a bed frame, means mounting the main section intermediate its front and rear on thebed frame so that it may tilt, means mounting the sup'plementalwalk-over section on the bed frame so that it may fold on the main section without turning over, and means additional tothe mountin means aforesaid and respectively carried -y the main section and the frame, such means being normally disengaged when the sections are folded and adaptedtoj engage when the main section is raised and tilted and thereby to automaticall ef- *fect adjustment of the main section into .lioriac-ntal position and to lock it in that position.

adjusting and locking means carried by the i :7. In a "folding davenport bed, the combination with a main bed bottom section, of a supplemental walk-over bed bottom section, 'aleedframe, means mounting the main section intermediate its front and rear on the bed frame so that it may tilt, means mounting the supplemental walk-over section on the bed frame so that it may fold on the main section without turning over, and combined main section on opposite sides of the tiltable mounting therefor adapted to engage the bed-frame and adjust the main section into horizontal position and to lock it when said main section is raised and tilted.

8. In a foiding couch, the combination of a-stationary main frame, an upper folding bed bottom section connected to said frame and movable from normal position over the area of the frame to an extended position adjaoent one side of the frame, a lower bed bottom section located under the folding section'when the latter is in normal position, lifting means cooperating with a part of said lower section at a point intermediate opposite side portions of said section so that said lower section is approximately balanced on said "lifting means, for automatically elevatin the lower section into osition substanti ly coplanar with the fol ing section when the latter is extended and as an incident to the movement of said folding section to extended position, and spaced stops on said frame, lo- 'cated respectively on opposite sides of said lifting means for limitin -upward movement of the lower section and serving to maintain the latter in substantially horizontal position. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DANIEL H. CALDEMEYEB. 

